r/venmo May 02 '25

Annoucement Is Venmo down? Check here first!!

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Hey all - hope all is well!

Spurred on by today's outage, and the many posts that were generated due to it (and every time it happens), we just wanted to make a thread we can sticky to serve as a resource to check and help cut down on the influx of duplicate posts we get asking if Venmo is down when they inevitably decide to break things. Here's a few websites you can use to check whether or not Venmo is having issues. Keep in mind, these are user-reported, and may not be a true reflection of whether or not something may actually be down at Venmo - but generally they are a very VERY good indicator something may be wrong.

DownDetector - https://downdetector.com/status/venmo/

IsItDownRightNow - https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/venmo.com.html

DownForEveryoneOrJustMe - https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/venmo

If anyone has any other websites to suggest, throw them down in the comments and we'll add them to the list!


r/venmo 1h ago

Scam Alert Warning - Venmo account almost got hacked.

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Received 8 phone calls back to back. Listened to the first voicemail and it stated “We're calling to confirm the registration of a new account using this phone number. If you're not trying to register an account, please press one immediately to cancel this process. If you are, simply ignore this message.”

I tried to ignore obviously, but kept getting call back immediately after declining.

So I answered and pressed 1. Sent me the 6 digit authorization code via text message. Then asked me to enter that code via telephone.

Immediately knew it was a scam. Logged into my account to verify there were no unauthorized transactions, then called support. They were immediately able to tell me it was a scam by verifying the phone number. Changed my password and removed all saved devices.

Just wanted to post for awareness.


r/venmo 57m ago

Discussion Venmo Direct Deposit Time Thread

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Anyone waiting on direct deposits first or past users, post the times and if you’re still waiting here. Cheers!


r/venmo 6h ago

What time does venmo post direct deposits ?

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r/venmo 7h ago

Transactions without fees question

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How do avoid paying a fee when transferring money to a business? If I send money through Venmo with my debt card attached will that have a fee? Thanks


r/venmo 9h ago

Question Can’t add any debit cards (even previously added one) or do instant transfers. Anyone know a fix?

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So, I was having issues with doing instant transfers from my Venmo account to my linked debit card, and customer support told me to remove the debit card, make sure the app was updated, log out, log back in, and then add my debit card again and try the transfer. Well, I did all of those steps.. except when I went to go re-add my debit card, I get an error message saying “ there seems to be an issue with the card you were trying to add, please try another card or do a bank transfer” or something along those lines.

This started a couple weeks ago and I have periodically tried to re-add the debit card, but it still fails each time and I get the same error message. I have since also tried adding different debit cards, which all get the same error message. Of course customer support is useless and can’t give me any details as to why it might be happening and even suggested at one point that it was probably my bank despite me telling them that this is across several financial institutions and different debit cards all having the same issue.

Has anyone else had the same issue and if so, how did you resolve it? Did you ever find out what the cause was?


r/venmo 11h ago

Question How long do gas holds when using car usually take to return funds?

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r/venmo 1d ago

Venmo is now unusable and support is useless...

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I've been a venmo member since 2013... It's been great to me until a few months ago. I attempted to set up a business profile and now I can't make any transactions leveraging any of my bank accounts on my personal or business profiles. I've called venmo support 4 or 5 times and wasted hours for them to tell me "we're protecting your account" "we can't tell what the problem is it's an automated security *feature*"

I've got a useless venmo account for about 6 months now and support doesn't care.

I'm so sick of tech companies with no real support just leaving loyal members behind.


r/venmo 10h ago

Question Should I switch to Venmo?

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I'm a current Cashapp user, but I do remember using Venmo a very long time ago for online purchases like Steam games.

I haven't used this app in ages but I'm willing to try something new if it offers better features than Cashapp. Paypal also looks like a good alternative. I've also seen it being advertised as a game on Roblox.

What are some benefits of using Venmo over Cashapp? As a customer, how is your experience with support and account safety so far?

Thanks in advance.


r/venmo 1d ago

Getting ongoing (legit) emails from venmo since deleting my account over a year ago

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I called them a couple months ago. They said they fixed it (LOL). No. I called them last week after getting two more emails. They tried to tell me that it was fake spam. But I have combed through the raw email to check for phishing links and malware. None. I informed them that it was genuine email from venmo. They kept up the lie, and I asked for the matter to be escalated. They called me back twice and lied again. I think they pretended to transfer my call, but it was the same person. Gee, why does this remind me of a kitboga video? Hmmm... After the last time they said they'd call me, they haven't. Other context: I have ethical problems with "just block the email address and move on." 1) I don't want them retaining any shred of my info. 2) I despise this kind of incompetence. I'm not just going to be cool about it. 3) Clearly it's in a part of their system that sends freaking email, so it can still get leaked. And I can't trust them any farther than I could throw one of their data farms...

I doubt that I do have an option. But is there any kind of formal request for personal data?

Another intolerable option is giving them a photo of my state ID in order to supposedly regain access to my account. I have every reason to believe this will not work, and then they'll have a copy of my ID which WILL be leaked to the dark web.

¯_(ツ)_/¯ FML


r/venmo 1d ago

Question Link PayPal to Venmo

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Is there a way to link between a PayPal and Venmo accounts so that I can add funds to the Venmo balance from the PayPal balance?


r/venmo 2d ago

Got scammed what to do?

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Yea as the title suggest i was dumb... It was a simple 50$ transaction which i dont really care about but the main worry is can they grab more? If they cant thats awesome we live and learn from mistakes and move on but if they can what steps should i take? Like can they grab more from my bank account? Thank you for the help!


r/venmo 2d ago

Question Someone keeps opening up an account with my email

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Ive had this twice now, im in Australia and have never used venmo in my life.

A while back i got an email stating, check my history. I managed to log in by forgot password and then closed account.

Now there is a new account and there is a (7xx) phone number attached to it so i cant close it.

Can anyone shed some light on this, please? I dont really know what to do.


r/venmo 3d ago

Venmo

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I got my account suspended with 400$ in it and venmo is doing little to nothing to let me access my money. I have contacted support and they say it takes uo to 7 days to review. I dont understand how they can lock your money when you are the one using the account and even sent them my driver's license but they still need more information. And now their office that can fix it isnt open on the weekend.


r/venmo 3d ago

Instant transfer / app login issues

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Is anyone else having these issues? I can’t log into the app, but I can log into the website. When I click on instant transfer, the page does not load. Everything else on the site loads fine, but transfer just gives me a dead page.


r/venmo 3d ago

🦠 Bug Notice 🦠 Venmo not letting me send payments from any bank and saying it’s bank issue

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I’ve deleted and re-uploaded my bank info, my card info, etc. I’ve tried 3 different banks I have accounts with (and yes plenty of money in the account to cover the transactions I’m trying to do). The message I keep getting is “please contact your card issuer”. But it’s 3 SEPARATE banks not just one bank that I need to verify something with. This has been happening for a few months now. I figured it was a Venmo side issue and would fix itself but it hasn’t. I’ve been using Venmo for 6+ years now with no issue. I contacted Venmo support and it’s useless.

All I want to do is send money to family members. My main bank doesn’t use Zelle and it’s a huge pain in the ass to transfer money between banks just so I can use Zelle.


r/venmo 3d ago

Help with venmo

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Ok i need some one that knows about venmo this is what i have going on i sent some money from my venmo to my chime well chime never has received the money but here's the thing it was sent on a card that has been discontinued and it's been six days in I sent an instant off the card but like I said it was an old card that had been deleted discontinued it it's gone that card's gone what do I do any suggestions


r/venmo 3d ago

Is anyone having instant transfers issues?

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I’ve been having this issue since yesterday, never had a problem before.


r/venmo 4d ago

I need help on here!!!!

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r/venmo 4d ago

Discussion Documentation of disputes?

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Has anyone ever received documentation associated with their dispute?

I received an email denying my dispute that said to email [email protected] to get documentation. I was also told to use the email by phone from a customer service agent.

Emails to this address get immediately rejected by the venmo server/domain bc the email address does not exist.

Has anyone actually received their documentation from venmo? Who did you email to request it?

Thank you!


r/venmo 4d ago

Reason why instant transfers having error

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Maybe this will help someone else, my instant transfers were not working properly, and I found out the reason is because my bank account has both my last names separated by a hyphen where as my venmo just had both last names separated by a space. Dumb bit once this was corrected instant transfers work perfectly now.


r/venmo 4d ago

a blessing !

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r/venmo 4d ago

Venmo Login Error

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Hi,
I just created a venmo account and recieved this error when trying to login on my laptop for the first time.

Error: Something went wrong. Try again later or contact customer support.

Does anyone know how to fix this?


r/venmo 5d ago

Credit card addition error

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I keep getting the ”your card couldn’t be added” message when trying to add a credit card. I cleared out all old cards from Venmo but am still getting the message


r/venmo 5d ago

4th Wednesday ssdi deposit

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I just switched to venmo. I normally get my ssdi deposit the friday before Wednesday. When are yall getting your ssdi deposits